So trying to regain some of who I miss from before the big D. It's been almost a decade and I am a MUCH stronger and independent person now. I have missed my fiber arts so I'm picking up the needles and spindles again. To be honest, I am horrible writer-so may be lucky if I write again in under a year!
Okay, so I've been busy as usual. Here's one of the big reasons why...
Her name is Sprocket and is blending into our family just wonderfully- but she is a puppy and has developed a taste for wool...
I have also FINISHED my hourglass sweater- even worn it a few times- no pics yet as I have not yet managed to get a picture of me in it that does not look totally bizarre...
Here is my "She's like a Rainbow " roving- singles.
Here is it is all plied and washed- ready to go...
Top is Andean plied- about 350 yds, fingering weight, bottom is navajo plied same roving- about 370 yds- fingering weight. Enjoy!
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Get up off the floor- I know- two posts in one month- really I need to warn people! Okay, so, um I signed up for the tour de fleece! With my ADD this should be interesting. I am really excited since I have a new (to me) wheel coming any day now! Anyway here are some samples of what I hope to COMPLETE during the Tour.
Okay, apparently I am much better at reading blogs then writing them- it's just faster to read them. I've been busy with Little League, Soccer, and trying to reclaim our new yard from five years of neglect! I finally made it to Knit night this week- YAY! One of the ladies asked me how tired I was- a little but not bad, but I must have looked tired. I went home and on a thought I weighed myself (something I generally avoid)- I've lost almost 20lbs in the past month- the last time I was at this weight it was between #2 and #3 kid! Since I haven't been to Knit night in the past month- I'm sure my face looked a bit thinner since that's where weight loss shows up first! Don't worry I eat plenty- it's just all the heavy duty yard work- at least 3 hours a day every day. Here are some before and after of our yard- we've done everything ourselves including the wall!
In knitting news- I'm still working on the hourglass sweater- mostly during sports practice/warm ups- it's up to the armpits plus one sleeve with half of the second sleeve done. I might actually get this done before Little League finishes this summer! Sorry no pics- maybe later next week- then I can post the July post earlier in the month =p
WooHOO!! I finished an actual PAIR of socks!! Even more amazing, I have not (yet) cast on for another pair so I can move on to finish another pair! These are Wendy's Southwestern socks (freebie at Looopy Ewe)made from Boomerang yarn (Australia). I love this yarn, it is just so squishable! I have some in my stash to hopefully make a whole sweater.
Just to prove I am still alive! I'm working on the hourglass sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts- I love the loud obnoxious colors! My favorite happy coincidence is that the yarn matches my knitpicks needles! Check it out!
First up is the lovely pair of sheep slippers my hubby got me for Christmas! I LOVE them! My feet are always cold and I would just dig around for an extra pair of socks in the morning- now I just jump out of bed, right into the slippers!!+of+Stash+house+001.jpg)
This is my January selection of fiber from Traveling Rhinos (on etsy). I signed up for the whole year after doing a three month trial membership. I love every package I get- batts + roving + embellishments =fiber bliss!!!+of+Stash+house+013.jpg)
Here is one of my youngest socks- he saw this yarn and followed me around the house until I cast on a sock for him- it's Baby Boom in Sedona. I only have one skein so I hope it's enought for socks (he's only 4 so it might be okay)+of+Stash+house+012.jpg)
The next two are my spinning. These are the Carbon colorway for Sheep to Shoe- about five of the eight ounces- 375yds sport weight. I navajo plied it to keep the colors together- I'm very proud of the evenness of the twist etc.- it almost looks too normal though! (Someone commented that it looked like it was commercially spun- am I wierd that I didn't take that as a great compliment??)
I hope to be posting a little more regularly now that the holidays are behind me and I'm more organized (BAWAHHAHAHAHAHA!!)
Okay...I WAS going to show some finished objects and progress pics. Blogger has other ideas and will not let me load one single pic. I will try again tomorrow...You can always look on Ravelry- I'm Tinkrknit.
Sorry I've been MIA been hugely busy, stressed etc... We FINALLY sold our other house- we close next week!!! If anyone is needing a realtor- we'd be happy to recommend ours! It's a tough market but we did manage to get a good price that was fair to us and the buyers! This next week will be busy making sure all the left behind junk is out of the house and it is clean for the new owners. We are sad to leave our old neighborhood- we had awesome neighbors but we are glad to have more space/yard in our new house! I did finish a project this week- however I'm without a camera so that will have to wait! Cheers!
Mystery Roving is Carbon!!
Here is some yummy yarn goodness from my stash diving/photo adventure! These single skein entries are killin' me!
I'm kinda in a knitting funk right now. Nothing sounds good to knit. At least I am documenting my stash (which is waayyy bigger than I thought- obviously the denial factor was at work...) The funk is probably due to a)it's 90 degrees outside and it's October b) our other house is STILL on the market and is getting a little stressfull (the irony is that knitting would relax me but i'm too stressed to knit!) c) I cannot keep up with the stinkin laundry enough so I can unpack the rest of the house! I never thought I would wish for rain and cooler weather, but there ya go!
I started spinning my Sheep to Shoe fiber I got at Maryland sheep and wool this past May. It's wonderful to spin no issues there, I'm loving the colors (in spite of it being outside my color box so far). My problem: I have no idea what colorway it is! For whatever reason, that particular kit was not labeled and now I'm just curious and can't let it go. My guess is Carbon and some Ravelrykeeters say the same thing. I'm interested to see what it looks like when I'm done, I'm planning on Andean plying some and traditional 3ply the rest just to see the difference. Here's a picture of the Roving and my spun stuff so far.
Please ignore the dog fur on the floor by the wheel- he just cannot resist laying on my feet when I try to spin and he is not a lap dog!!
Okay, I started to take pictures and inventory my stash onto Ravelry today- I can see this taking awhile... It's part shopping, part "can we be done now?". I totally need to knit more "plain" socks to use up the sock yarn. Working fancy designs are way too slow for me and I do *want* actual socks to wear! Enjoy the pics!
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Okay, since I hardly have ANY wip's (okay I just got an eye twitch with that little fib), I've cast on a few more projects. Basically anything that has caught my eye, I've cast on for. It doesn't matter what, socks, sweaters, lace, scarves, washcloth- nothing is immune from my raging case of startitis. You would think with the severity of my startitis illness(es) I would at least get ONE case of finishitis- or at least just long enought to finish one project. I have no discipline what-so-ever. My only excuse is that I only knit for myself and what my immediate family specifically ask for- otherwise my knitting gifts tend to severely under appreciated. Note though- I have yet to finish anything for myself other than a scarf!
Oops, trying to get the hang of the Flickr thing. Here's the real picture of Wollmeise color: Dani, strong intensity!
Here is the one skein of Wollmeise I managed to snatch from the last sneak up on Loopy Ewe. Some day I will get Poison no. 5- I may just have to go to Claudia herself- oh well!
Okay, I'm on Ravelry, I can't tell you how many hours I wasted this weekend just cruising around it. I've photo-ed some of my projects and stash, but I'm pretty much holding off on that for now. I used a picture of my youngest as my avatar- he loves to adore the stash and it was just tooo adorable!! Every day he asks if he can knit today and "drive" the spinning wheel! (We won't go into how he escapes after a bath, runs through the house naked, just so he can stand on the double treadles, and treadle...buck naked) The camera battery is dead, so no new progress pics- okay I was on Ravelry all weekend so there really is no progress!
I'm thinking about changing the name of my blog to TinkrKnit because there is another Knitting Knut on Ravelry! Just for my own sanity sake! I'll see if I can do it without losing everything!
I finally made it into Ravelry! Needless to say I am spending all my free time there and photo-ing my stash (rough life...). I'm Tinkrknit if you are over there or for future reference. I did finish little knitty guy #3's first sock AND have started on the second. It is my own vanilla pattern (4x2 rib) in Fortissima colori color #3001. I'm sure it had some really creative color name, they just didn't write that on the ball band and I need brain cells to remember other things! Off to Ravelry I go!!!!
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I'm almost on ravelry- I can't wait! My oldest turns 10 today (I cannot be old enough to have a double digit kid!) I'm off to finish cleaning for the party!
